solidarity with allia

viva · 29-11-11 03:47:08

Does everyone know about the big to-do in Egypt revolving around Aliaa Magda Elmahdy?

She posted naked pictures of herself on her blog in a statement about freedom of expression, and received multiple death threats and caused an international scandal. The pictures aren't even graphic nudity, just her, naked.

She got her message out quite well, and now it's up to the rest of the world to show solidarity with Aliaa so that all women everywhere who want to fuck and be naked online and say dirty words, can without being stoned, shamed, maimed, and degraded.

Some women in Israel took a SFW nude group photo to this end. I have organized a similar group photo with my ladies here this week. I'd love to see people (and women especially) all over the world standing up for Aliaa's rights, so if anyone else is so motivated, maybe take the time to get your friends together, and snap a SFW nude group pic with a banner or something else that indicates our support for a woman's right to express herself however she likes, and to use her own body however she likes. I'd like to see these photos go viral!

viva · 29-11-11 03:49:36

Aliaa's words:
‘Put on trial the artists’ models who posed nude for art schools until the early 70s, hide the art books and destroy the nude statues of antiquity, then undress and stand before a mirror and burn your bodies that you despise to forever rid yourselves of your sexual hangups before you direct your humiliation and chauvinism and dare to try to deny me my freedom of expression.’

Xebeche · 29-11-11 11:23:18

Yes, I remember the day it happened. I really fear that she's going to become martyred for the simple desire to own one's own body.

It astonishes me (and I could write a book on it, but I'll spare my fellow IFM goers) how many problems we (especially men) create for other humans because of our self-hatred.

artemesia · 16-01-12 03:46:12

Hey viva, whatever happened with the solidarity stand? I think there are those of us who still feel that this support needs to happen....

viva · 16-01-12 04:06:57

Artemesia, I feel that way too but I am such a poor organiser that my attempts to make it happen resulted in a whole bunch of nothing!

blissed · 16-01-12 15:42:06

She's really brave. Now the Egyptian elections have happened with the Muslim brotherhood gaining strong support, they've said they want to apply sharia law peacefully by consent of the people and as women have equal voting rights there it's totally in their hands to reject that. I think they need a show of international support to help them be proactive in their desire for equal rights. A tourism boycott is actually a good way. I have a personal boycot on countries that are anti gay and womens rights are in there. A couple of years ago I turned down 2 invitations from people I work with who have conservative views to stay with them and their family in their home country in the Gambia and Tunisia. Can't say I fancy being welcomed like royalty one minute and then actually stabbed by my hosts for expressing support for people who are gay and they wouldn't be too impressed by the women are equal thing either. So yeah lets give lots of online valuable moral support and show solidarity with people who are oppressed and cut the cash flow to the oppressors, which for tourism in Egypt is quite a significant part of their income.

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